Monday, March 14, 2011

Fear of radiation

A new earthquake announcement further complicates the situation in Japan. Just announced 70% chance of another earthquake on Wednesday. Is expected to be 7.0 on the scale. From Tokyo, the situation of calm appearance on the streets shows another reality. Nuclear plants and much concern to citizens. Although we can not make an assessment on how many foreigners have left or will leave Japan in the last few hours, but at street level the number of those who leave or plan to leave is high.

The fear of the establishment and the endless aftershocks have destroyed the nerves of many residents in the capital. Austrian, British, Australians, New Zealanders ... countless nationalities have passed before our camera to be announced. They literally can not more. Yesterday around 19.00 local time the only spoken in the streets of nuclear explosions and while we interviewed a number of Japanese in the streets, suddenly all the phones started ringing at once.

The room, once again, began to tremble. And the Japanese government has a system of free phones alarm to announce the next earthquake or aftershocks. So the swing that add stress to the city in a constant back and forth for days now accompanied by a generalized notice mensajito tone. The lamps once again shaking their glasses but the difference is that nobody seems to affect you and the people look sideways but changes the subject and continues with his beer.

"This was only 6.4," says Yuko, who yesterday was trapped for several minutes on the subway by a cut on the line for another earthquake "little" as she says. This passivity is not real. Radiation has occupied the number one ranking in the concerns of Tokyoites. At 400 kilometers from the nuclear explosion of sophisticated people surviving to 8.9 can no longer contain his spirit so far was ordained and immutable.

Hands trembling and words such as Hiroshima or Nagashaqui blend into each corner of the city. Now add a new Chernobyl. And many are planning to flee. And not only foreigners but some Japanese. The fear is free say. The truth is that those who have left, there are many, are mainly in Europe.

Today the French and German embassies have advised their citizens to leave the country. People do not trust the government's announcements that aims to keep quiet about nuclear plants. Yesterday it was foreigners who did not believe the rulers, today the Nipponese those who mistrust. "Everything under control" the government says, they twist the gesture as Shintaro no longer believe anything "is a possibility of rain is expected to bring radiation to Tokyo, we were really scared." His world is collapsing structured at times.

To add more chaos for several minutes (about 3:00 AM local time) the government through Facebook and Google has made an announcement in the reporting of possible power cuts in the capital tomorrow morning for three hours. The chaos is served.

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